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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
3
An anecdote from a former Kentucky governor recounts a crowded streetcar incident where a Kentucky Colonel steps on a woman's foot. He declines to apologize, praising women's beauty and small feet, and the crowd applauds his gallant remark. Also mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy trusted by W. W. Kearney and sold by local firms.
Athens market page dated March 27 shows figures for New York prices and futures including corn oats and pork and lard. The note lists May corn and other futures with bid and ask style figures and day totals for the Athens area.
New Orleans reports mixed cotton market activity with liquidation at ports and speculative interest fading. Weather remains unfavorable for the belt while prices stay dull and narrow. expectations hinge on new crop conditions and prompt shipments.
Liverpool cotton futures fall with selling in May and July contracts. Bearish sentiment spreads as district opens at a decline and rumors of a bear clique circulate. Liverpool New Orleans and Vil brokers mostly inactive. cloth market steady with moderate demand while port and interior receipts stay large. Atlantic show clearing and better weather though no clear rise expected.
Druggists H R Palmer & Sons announce Vinci is a non grease cod liver oil strength builder for children and adults. They claim it boosts appetite blood and bone health and offer a money back guarantee if it fails to satisfy.
A jury faced with an assault with intent to murder verdict split. Eleven jurors favored acquittal while one held for conviction, prompting the group to “chip in” to cover a $25 fine after a two hour deliberation.
An admonition warns that mercury in catarrh cures can damage smell and overall health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, claimed mercury free and blood borne. The ad notes internal use and local druggist sales with testimonials available. Also referenced are reduced rail fares to Atlanta for Wheeler Memorial Day from Athens with Seaboard Air Line, dates March 25–29, 1906.
An advertisement touts Cheney’s Expectorant as a cure for coughs colds lagrippe and croup at 25 cents a bottle in drug stores. The Banner reports late trading with a 10 to 15 point advance in fine printing and notes May and July futures closing. Liverpool remains unchanged amid market errors and company notes.
The New York Sun asserts Parker misreads locality politics arguing Bryanism, not northern origin, shaped defeats for Bryan in 1896 and 1900. Parker’s Charlotte address, praising southern Democrats, should reassure that southern birth no longer bars national viability. Civil war divides are past. geography no longer determines eligibility or success.
The article asserts the moon has an atmosphere enabling some life but not humans. It also promotes Electric Bitters as a universal tonic curing numerous ailments, claiming it guarantees symptom relief and sound sleep, sold by W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons for 50 cents.
A conversation on Chestnut Street contrasts two men missing a telephone number. One recalls a trick by multiplying the digits by four to fix the digits, yet cannot remember the actual first number. They plan to mail or text the number later.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway offers round trip tickets at one cent per mile plus 25 cents for the return. Tickets sold April 23 to 26 with return by April 30 or by extending to May 21 for a 50 cent fee. Side trips from New Orleans to points east of the Mississippi available April 27 to 29 with a May 18 return. For rates and schedules contact local Seaboard agents CHAS B RYAN and W E CHRISTIAN.
An excerpt features Sherlock Holmes in Chicago observing a stranger, with interleaved notes on a political scene. The text shifts to commentary on the House of Representatives by a New York Times quote about minority members on the Rule Committee and their limited input on proceedings.
An exchange in a southern court features a famed attorney and a witty judge over phrasing of evidence and conduct. The judge, claiming right to “remove a fly” from his ear, asserts authority over courtroom decorum and decisions. Death rates in New York and Chicago for late 1903 show pneumonia as a leading killer. An advertisement promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cough remedy preventing pneumonia and strengthening lungs.
Women often suffer kidney disorders more than men yet their symptoms are misattributed to female disease. Nervousness headaches puffy circles under the eyes back pain signal trouble. Foley's Kidney Cure is said to restore health, stop irregularities, purify blood, and strengthen urinary organs. All druggists.
Higgins learns at the solicitor office that his legacy of one thousand pounds will be paid but the fees will take five hundred fifty pounds. He notes his grandparents’ caution and hints at past family fortunes while accepting the reduced sum.
J W Williams a Backy merchant recalls life changing relief from Dr King s New Discovery after severe lung hemorrhages and near death The medicine cures hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds bronchitis and is advertised as the only known cure for weak lungs W J Smith H R Palmer Sons dispense it with 60c and 1 00 prices and a free trial bottle offered
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